America
John Kerry does not rule out running for presidency
Washington, Feb 9
US Secretary of State
John Kerry has not ruled out running for the presidency in the 2016
elections as he hinted in an interview with the NBC television network.
"Nobody
ever says never," said Kerry on being asked during an interview Sunday
in Munich, Germany, if he would take part in the elections. He was in
German city to attend the Munich Security Conference.
However, Kerry admitted that "I have no scenario whatsoever in my mind" to launch a presidential campaign.
"I
haven't thought about it. As you can tell, pretty busy," said the
secretary of state who has been on a packed schedule dealing with a
series of international crises for President Barack Obama.
Kerry
has faced issues such as the negotiations on the controversial Iranian
nuclear programme, the normalisation of US-Cuba relations, the Ukraine
crisis, tension with Russia and the Islamic State threat.
Kerry,
who has been in his current post since 2013, competed once in 2004 as
the Democratic Party candidate in the race for the White House, but was
defeated by then president George W. Bush.
Kerry does not usually
appear in the surveys on possible Democratic candidates for the 2016
elections, headed by his predecessor at the State Department and former
first lady, Hillary Clinton, who has still not made her candidacy
official.
Other possible aspiring Democrats being considered are
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a favourite of the party's left wing, and US
Vice President Joe Biden.